Regeneration

John Calvin comments on today’s passage: “Paul, according to his usual manner, where he speaks of the faithful, connects the reality and the effect with the outward sign; for we know that whatever the Lord offers by the visible symbol ...Read More

The Bible is clear that all who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved (Acts 2:21). All who trust in Jesus Christ alone are true believers, even though disagreement may exist about issues not central to ...Read More

Have you ever fallen into a period of sin and rebellion since your Christian life began? What
happened? In all likelihood, your enjoyment of the sin swiftly waned, godly brothers called
you to repentance, or the Holy Spirit convicted you ...Read More

John Calvin says that “while we remain in Adam, we are entirely devoid of
life; and that regeneration is a new life of the soul, by which it rises from the
dead.” We do not come into the world sick ...Read More

There is only one man in whom we can trust absolutely for reconciliation to God, and that is the God-man Christ Jesus. No matter how pious other servants of the Lord may be, following them simply for the sake of ...Read More

Dr. Sproul notes that the phrase born-again Christian is a redundancy. There is no such thing as a “non-born-again Christian” or a “born-again non-Christian,” because to be a Christian means to be born of the Spirit of God. We ...Read More

Does your eye stray to sinful images? Does your tongue use unedifying language? Does
your stomach drive you to consume too much? Think about the sins to which you are most
prone and then identify the body parts that are ...Read More

We must live in the power of what Christ has done. Christ has put sin’s power to death, so we are to mortify our remaining sin, denying ourselves to serve God. And because we died to sin decisively in Jesus ...Read More

Throughout the New Testament especially, we find that the evidence of true Christian faith is a life of gratitude in which our love for Jesus is proved by our willingness to obey Him (John 14:15). This does not mean ...Read More

None of us will desire the things of God perfectly before we are glorified. None of us will love the Lord as much as he should this side of heaven. Still, as Dr. R.C. Sproul has often said, the ...Read More

Though God does not make use of any means besides Himself to bring about regeneration, He does work through means in our sanctification, the process of growing in personal holiness. Scripture read and preached, the sacraments, prayer, and so on ...Read More

The permanency of our regeneration is something we must not take for granted. Knowing that we have been born again should motivate us to live out this truth by heeding the many warnings in Scripture against unbelief (Heb. 6:1 ...Read More

As we mature in Christ we will find ourselves more sensitive to the presence of sin in our lives, noticing “minor” transgressions that were once easily overlooked. This in turn should make us more vigilant to do what is necessary ...Read More

As the sovereign, independent Creator, God is not obligated to save anyone,
to show goodness and mercy toward sinners who deserve only condemnation.
Since we are not autonomous but are governed by God’s law, however, He
can demand that ...Read More